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As well as the support of the Coalition's senators is favorable to the evolution of the policy concerning the children, it must be a beginning which will produce a "fall forward" more and more important, an avalanche which will modify fundamentally Australia's refugee policy. Then, by following this course, we will begin to understand that these people deserve fair treatment and a welcome that will enrich us as a nation.
Wes Campbell, Castlemaine
Better a bleeding heart than a stone
Dale Wise (Letters, 16/10), I would rather be called a "bleeding heart" than someone with a heart of stone. These poor souls have done nothing but look for their international asylum rights and are in no way criminals. Despite the characterization of the government, they are not illegal. Many are children, some of whom have only known detention. Many come from conflict zones in which Australia has voluntarily sent its military. Australia's cruelty towards "boat people" began with the Tampa incident under John Howard. We are now recognized around the world as a mean and hypocritical nation, which is turning its back on its international obligations.
Kim Best, East Brighton
Auditors must go to talk
Doctors Sara Townend and Neela Janakiramanan should be warmly commended for their decency by writing to the Prime Minister asking him to transfer asylum seekers and refugee children off Nauru to Australia ("Why we wrote to the Prime Minister on refugees ", The Age 16/10). For too long, this blatant disregard for decency and concern for the health of other human beings who desperately needed it has served as a terrible scar to our body politics.
Unfortunately, this has been denied by Scott Morrison (and by his relative tacit answer, Bill Shorten) and reflects how much egoistic ambition is currently the main driving force of our political leaders. I am sure that in the future, with the delay of governments in real action to combat climate change, it will be one of the lowest moments in our political history.
Graeme Foley, Werribee
Morrison, makes us proud once again
Prime Minister, be a man of state, be a human, be a Christian. Remove all refugees at once from Manus and Nauru. Make it clear that it is only a punctual gesture to avoid any wave of new refugees. Make Australia proud again, please
Geoff Wenham, Malvern East
FORUM
Do not ruin the place
Federation Square is without doubt the most successful example of Australian architecture of the early twenty-first century.
As a public space, it has become a meeting place for locals and a "must" for tourists. If the private company is to be included, the destruction of the building should not be allowed. The Apple vision is an act of vandalism.
Mike Francis, Fitzroy
Narrative wanted
I agree with Peter Costello that the Liberal Party does not have a coherent economic narrative. However, it also lacks a coherent social / political / religious narrative for modern Australia. Hence another immediate and desperate response from the Prime Minister who is trying to tip the votes to the Liberal candidate for Wentworth. There is no doubt that this former Australian ambassador to Israel was consulted for advice. This seems likely to be counterproductive for his campaign. Although the Wentworth electorate has a high proportion of Australian Jewish voters, our composition of post-war migrants is much more diverse than this one. We have important and respected Muslim communities and, in particular, a large Palestinian population that, like the Jews, has suffered repressive government policies. We also have important economic and political links and responsibilities with Indonesia and other emerging countries.
This is not the time to abandon our Western friends and follow Trump's on-going train with simplistic answers to difficult world dilemmas. Scott Morrison and David Sharma on this subject do not speak for Australia nor for peace in the world.
Neil Wilkinson, Mount Albert
Center of Power
Israel recognizes the true capital of Australia by transferring its embassy to 2GB studios.
Raymond Kenyon, Camberwell
Strange calendar
Scott Morrison openly pointed to Dave Sharma's ability to woo wealthy Jewish donors in the Wentworth preselection. This seems oddly fortuitous when, unexpectedly, and with more pressing things to do for the Australians, Jerusalem appears. Strange timing or donations from Wentworth are strictly against-repayment?
Stephen Farrelly, Donvale
Whose land?
An ABC Morning radio correspondent said it did not matter what a "random ignorant" thought of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It was indisputable that Jerusalem had always been, and still would be, the capital of Israel, and that Israelis enjoyed the right granted by God to that country.
Well, I may be an ignorant person in history and politics in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Middle East, but I know a thing or two about Australian history. I therefore look forward to the caller and all those who think in the same way make all the stolen land that they "own" in this country to the legitimate and original owners of this land. I will not hold my breath.
Andrew Pupillo, Northcote
Racism is not going …
Yes, it's good to be white and black and brown and yellow and maybe orange (Donald Trump?). This is not correct to be racist.
Bruce Perry, Geelong
… an idiot, yes
Pauline Hanson is not only white, but she is also silly. But when, exactly, was it not acceptable to be white?
Henry Herzog, St Kilda East
Stole the shot
The return of Malcolm Turnbull to Australia prior to Wentworth's election would therefore be destabilizing. What do the Liberals think exactly that the coup d'etat did to the party?
Marie Nash, Balwyn
No thanks
Why would a refugee who has been locked up by the Australian government in Nauru or Manus for five years and lucky enough to go to New Zealand want to become an Australian citizen?
Reg Murray, Glen Iris
Not illegal
Dale Wise (Letters, 16/10) writes that people sent to Manus and Nauru did so because they "chose to try to violate our sovereign shores illegally". If so, why was there no charge, no trial, no punishment? Instead, they were sent to indefinite detention in remote islands. At least in 1788, you knew when your detention would be over, usually after seven years.
Pauline Brown, Woodend
Turn to science
Kurt Lambeck has won the Prime Minister's Award for Science 2018 for his work on the evolution of the Earth over time. This provides key information about our evolving planet, natural disasters and has an application to navigation technology. Other scientists have been recognized for their outstanding research in the biomedical sciences, physics and technology. Professor Lambeck notes that Australia produces science of the highest quality.
How much better would Australia be if our politicians could focus more on what Australian science could offer, rather than trying to appease the public with their political agendas, which often invoke indignation for their stupidity.
Leigh Ackland, Deepdene
The baby factor
Republicans must wring their hands. Not much luck of a republic at least for the moment. It's too difficult to compete with attractiveness, vitality and goodwill, not to mention a baby in perspective.
Helen Scheller, Benalla
Royal heritage
With the exception of members of the cultural elite of deprived neighborhoods who quench their thirst at the sight of the citizens hosting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, our civil ties in Britain are an accepted fact of our heritage ( Editorial, 18/10). They are certainly not at the center of our collective consciousness, but they must not be ashamed or contemptuous.
Progressives must stop with their semantic absurdity on independence and an Australian head of state. We achieved independence in 1901 and any Australian man or woman can now become our Governor General, our Chief of State.
On a purely emotional level, why aspire to install a democratic brake on the admiration and pure joy that the growing royal family affords to so many people, often through the difficulties of daily life?
In addition, whether we find the monarchy endearing or not, it has globally created a remarkable and unique form of governmental and social stability, and it allows us to keep in touch with our historical and Christian roots.
Peter Waterhouse, Craigieburn
Find the right model
Calls to an Australian republic are well founded. However, without a model acceptable to the public, what's the point? For my part, I would not vote for a republic if that meant we could possibly have a Donald Trump or an unstoppable Tony Abbott as president of Australia.
Alan Williams, Port Melbourne
A good example
Regardless of your status or wealth, being sincere, compassionate and kind takes only one second and can make an immeasurable difference for someone. Well done Harry and Meghan. Your rainy day visit to Dubbo has been a remarkable and particularly heartwarming success for a little boy named Luke Vincent.
Deb Hunt, Moonah, Tas
Outlandish Award
Minister Melissa Price's misinformed and disrespectful approach to Kiribati's former president, Anote Tong, is bothering me for the people of Kiribati. Maybe Price should go live on an island like Saibai in the Torres Strait to have a local vision of how rising seas and high tides combine to destroy people's homes, cultures and lives. Or maybe she should visit Mr. Tong in Kiribati. Read the IPCC report confirming the global 1.5 degree increase trajectory of this century while you are a minister. You can witness the destruction of Kiribati by the rise of the seas and be informed of science first-hand. But then, I suppose, Morrison government members are reluctant to experiment peacefully and have no idea what is going on in Kiribati, let alone the Torres Strait. A trip to the Pacific or the Strait of Torres is probably too much to ask.
Minister, look at least the recently released documentary, Anote's Ark. The next time you meet, you will be a little better informed.
Vincent Ryan, Kensington
Swill Senate
How worrying is that our elected representatives in the Senate do not know or care about what they are voting for. One of the Liberal senators would surely have understood what was going on and questioned what was going on, but no. Hang your head in shame.
Judith Dunn, Bentleigh East
Housing with
The Andrews government's promise for social housing reveals the duplicity of the government. The article ("The Promise of Social Housing," The Age, 17/10) states that 1,000 public housing will be built, according to Andrews "so that Victorians have the opportunity to rebuild themselves." Those who are not aware of the social housing renovation program will applaud the PAL, but they do not know that just when the government is making this announcement, it is selling public land with public housing to private developers. This is happening in West Brunswick, Northcote, Ascot Vale, West Heidelberg, Prahran, North Melbourne, Hawthorn, Brighton and Clifton Hill.
Marcellene D & # 39; Menzie, Ascot Vale
We are aUStralia
From LBJ to Donald J. Some things never change.
Nadia Wright, Middle Park
AND SOMETHING ELSE
Apple
It's time for Daniel Andrews to take a second bite of the apple and admit his mistake.
Tony Lenten, Glen Waverley
Policy
With so much time devoted to leadership challenges, it is surprising that NL finds time to govern.
Annie Wilson, Inverloch
The power of false news is diversion. The sneaky message about HIV is secondary to the misuse of the human rights message that Kerryn Phelps gave.
Melanie Lazarow, Brunswick
These adults in charge really need strong parenting skills.
Joan Segrave, Healesville
Pauline Hanson, if you want to look at the color of your skin, it is not white.
Peng Ee, Castle Cove, New South Wales
This federal Parliament has become a thug. It must be stopped with extreme prejudice.
Brian Sanaghan, West Preston
I did not realize that I loved Malcolm Turnbull so much.
Graeme Lee, Fitzroy
I can already hear an excerpt from the National Party theme song (with apologies to ABBA). My, my, went away.
Phillip Roberts, Box Hill North
Minister Melissa Price can certainly create an environment.
Ewa Haire, Ponds of Moonee
in addition
Donald Trump's insulting depiction of Stormy Daniels as "horse face" was more than offset by his "tiny game on".
Tony Delaney, Warrnambool
As my father used to say, "You're fine, it's these humans that are a problem."
Anthony Barnes, Narre Warren
Albert Riley (Letters, 18/10), I'm a white man and I'm fine.
Michael Jongen, Pascoe Vale
Shiel Be Right, Bombers
Jim Murphy, Ivanhoe
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